Pectis papposa (chinchweed) ( ) Asteraceae Chinchweed, one of the few members of th e Asteraceae with C₄ metabolism. In some years, with widespread summer storms, chinchweed blooms in such numbers it paints yellow across creosote bush scrub and Joshua tree woodlands in the central and eastern Mojave deserts. Chinchweed has a low spreading or mounding growth form and small, narrow leaves with pungent, spicy-smelling glands. " California Desert Plants, Philip W Rundel, Robert J Gustafson, Michael E Kauffmann."
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